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Recent Examples of animators
In previous years, the event also incorporated workshops and seminars that are headlined by the animators and filmmakers at the festival, talking about their work.
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
The nation has 73,300 animators, and the field is projected to grow 4% by 2033.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
So in some of these fight sequences, the animators had to pump themselves up and get into that energetic mindset.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
First-time director Julian Glander did just that, working with just two supporting animators to make this surreal coming-of-age indie animation.
—Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
In this battle sequence, one of our key animators would design action in a way where, in the span of one frame of animation, these characters would move or leap 50 to 100 meters.
—Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025
While it's undeniably hit and miss, the anthology series has allowed animators around the world to put new and varied spins on a universe that's nearly half a century old.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
As my colleague Eric Vilas-Boas outlined today, Iger’s first-of-its-kind deal with OpenAI lets consumers (legally) bypass the Hollywood ecosystem of writers, actors, and animators to create their own short-form videos featuring Disney characters.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
The show was co-created by married Mexican animators Robert Castellanos and Jared Madrigal.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Nov. 2025
Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
The nation has 73,300 animators, and the field is projected to grow 4% by 2033.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
So in some of these fight sequences, the animators had to pump themselves up and get into that energetic mindset.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
First-time director Julian Glander did just that, working with just two supporting animators to make this surreal coming-of-age indie animation.
—Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
In this battle sequence, one of our key animators would design action in a way where, in the span of one frame of animation, these characters would move or leap 50 to 100 meters.
—Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025
While it's undeniably hit and miss, the anthology series has allowed animators around the world to put new and varied spins on a universe that's nearly half a century old.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
As my colleague Eric Vilas-Boas outlined today, Iger’s first-of-its-kind deal with OpenAI lets consumers (legally) bypass the Hollywood ecosystem of writers, actors, and animators to create their own short-form videos featuring Disney characters.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
The show was co-created by married Mexican animators Robert Castellanos and Jared Madrigal.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animators
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When an agent attempted to open the drivers side door of the vehicle, Good put the vehicle into reverse before putting it into drive, according to CBS.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Inside the Speedster, drivers will find elements rarely seen in EVs, including a stick-style shifter.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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This week, the outlet also reported that Customs and Border Protection made a different facial recognition app, Mobile Identify, available on Google's app store for state and local law enforcement agencies that are deputized to work with ICE.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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The hotline does not solve these problems for callers, but 211 information specialists use the most current local information available to refer callers to service agencies that are most likely to have resources to help.—
Matthew W. Kreuter,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Panish Shea & Boyle LLP of Los Angeles filed the lawsuit against Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn in their capacities as executors of the estate of Jeffrey Epstein and individual Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Another related bill signed by Hochul requires written consent from heirs or executors if a person wants to use the name, image, or likeness of an individual for commercial purposes after their death.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Dec. 2025
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Developers are parking millions of dollars’ worth of generators, tractors and other critical equipment, according to Alterra IOS, a prominent player in the space that has acquired over 400 sites nationwide.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Conventional droplet electricity generators usually rely on a rigid substrate and a metal bottom electrode to produce electricity when raindrops strike a dielectric film, thus generating charges on contact.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Kansas and Missouri have spent the past 18 months trying to secure the team through sweeping stadium-funding incentives packages — which the Chiefs used last month to announce their intentions for a move to Kansas.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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The country is largely focused on a self-sufficiency drive to build up its chipmaking capabilities, a push that’s included readying a new round of incentives of as much as $70 billion for the chip sector.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The mechanism eliminates the need for corrosive reagents or external catalysts.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Moderna’s second-generation Covid vaccine, approved in 2025, alongside its new flu vaccine regulatory filings could provide additional catalysts for the stock.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
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By this decade, your body has started to naturally lose muscle mass, and putting on new muscle may be more difficult due to anabolic resistance, which blunts the muscle’s ability to respond to external stimuli like exercise and protein.—
Emma Loewe,
Outside,
1 Jan. 2026
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Word games, information sleuthing, instructional videos, and even just chatting with friends can provide positive stimuli.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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Throughout the afternoon, panelists opened up about the inspirations, anxieties and ambitions behind their work.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The combination of intelligence, agility and strength is a potent one, drawing on the qualities of two of his fighting inspirations – Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Animators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animators. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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